Net Impact talk Jan 2012

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Our Fracture Critical Civilization:
Why we need CSR
Stephen B. Young
Global Executive Director
The Caux Round Table

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Trends Promoted by Modern Production
Systems
Fracture Critical Systems
Notes Provided By
Thomas Fisher, Dean
School of Architecture
University of Minnesota

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Global Marine Capture

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Avoiding Fracture Criticality
To Get Out of a Hole, First Stop Digging
Shift direction before its too late
Add options, flexibility, flow, balance, and redundancies
Add stress release points
Add creative points of departure
Dismantle and rebuild
Re-engineer

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MONISTIC RESPONSE
(either/or; zero/sum; unsustainable)
HOLISTIC RESPONSE
(and/and; non-zero; sustainable)
Fracture Fracture
Stress
Stress
Turn to Virtue and Values
Virtue discernment, balance in actions (Aristotle)
Values give context for integration of facts and
relevant inconsistencies; provide fitting level
of perception;
( is Ought)

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VIRTUE
Mean, Mindfulness,
Temperance, Prudence,
Fortitude, Justice
MORALITY
Deontological,
What rule to follow
ETHICS
Consequentalist
RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT
Person of character
Honor, Integrity